Toothbrush holder



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Application August 15, 1947, Serial No. 768,914

4 Claims.

This invention relates to a tooth brush holder to be secured to a support, as the wall of the toilet room, or a cabinet therein, for holding individual tooth brushes, and has for its object a tooth brush holder including a housing for the brush end of the tooth brush, swivelly mounted on a base plate through which the shank of the brush hangs, or projects, the base plate having a slot radial with the swivel axis of the housing, and the housing with a lengthwise slot movable by the swivelling movement into and out of alinement with the radial slot in the base, and the base having a fixed closure located to open and close the slot in the housing during the swivelling movement of the housing, all toxpermit the removal or re-' placement of the tooth brush when the slots are in alinement and the closing of the housing against removal of the brush when the slots are out of alinement.

More specifically, it has'for its object a construction by which the article consists of two parts, a base plate and cylindrical housing resting endwise thereon and mounted to have a partial rocking or swivelling movement to bring a slot in the housing into and out of alinement with a radial slot in the base plate to open and close the slot in the housing.

The inventionconsists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanyin drawings in which like characters designate correspondin parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of this tooth brush holder partly broken away, a tooth brush being shown as mounted therein.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are side elevations and inverted plan views of the housing.

Figures 5 and 6 are a plan and side elevation of the base plate, Figure 6 being partly broken away.

312-1125) 2 being formed with openings or slots 4 for receiving fastening members as screws or headed studs. The plate I is formed with a slot 5 radial to the upright axis of the housing 2. The slot opens through an edge of the plate and extends beyond the axis of the housing 2 (Figures 2 and 5).

The housing 2 is cylindrical in general form and is shown as having a dome shaped or spherical top I5 and open at its bottom where it rests on or slidably engages the face of the base plate I. It may be formed with an outward extending peripheral base flange I at its lower end overlying the face of the base plate I. The housing is held assembled on the base plate by lugs 8 on the lower edge of the housing and s idable in arcuate slots 9 in the base plate I located concentric with the swivelling axis of the housing on opposite sides of said aXis. The housing 2 is provided with an upright or lengthwise slot I0 opening through its lower edge and extending to the domed top, this being movable during swivelling of the housing into and out of alinement with the slot 5 in the base plate I.

The base plate I is formed with a fixed upright closure II arranged to close the slot II] when the housing 2 is turned to carry th slot I0 out of alinement with the slot 5. The arcuate guide slots 9 are of such length as to limit the turning of the housing in one direction by the lugs 8 engaging the like end walls thereof when the housing is turned to shift the slot ID out of alinement with the slot 5, and to limit th shifting in the other direction by the lugs 8 engaging the opposite end walls of the arcuate slots 9 when the slot I0 is alined with the slot 5.

The closure II is arcuate in cross section and slidably engages the inner face of the wall of the housing. In order to prevent the inadvertent dislodgment, or unseating, of the housing from the base plate, the base plate I is provided with an upstanding arcuate flange I2 located opposite the closure II to slidably engage the inner face of the wall of the housing. The flange projects but a short distance above the base plate, as about one quarter of an inch, and is a precaution to avoid inadvertently upsetting or knocking over of the housing.

The slot 5 is of less width than the head of the brush B, but of greater width than the shank of the brush adjacent the head so that the brush when in the holder hangs on the side walls of the slot 5 and the shank depends below the base plate. The base plate and housing may be formed with ventilating holes I3, I4.

In use, the housing is turned to aline the slot H) with the slot 5 to remove the brush from the holder, the shank passing out through the radial slot 5 and the brush head through the slot H). The brush is replaced by the reverse of this operation. When the brush is placed in the holder, the housing is turned about its axis to bring the slot It] in line with the closure H What We claim is:

1. A tooth brush holder including a base plate for attachment to a support and formed with a,

slot therethrough opening through one edge thereof, a cylindrical housing mounted endwise on the base plate to have a limited rotating movement about an axis at a right angle to the base plate and formed with a lengthwise slot in its side wall movable into and out of alinement with the slot in the base plate, a closure for the slot in the housing rigid with the base plate and extending into the housing lengthwise thereof in position to close the slot in the. housing when the housing is rotated about its axis to shift the slot in the housing out of alinement with the base plate slot.

2. A tooth brush holder including a base plate for attachment to a support and formed with a slot therethrough opening through one edge thereof, a cylindrical housing mounted endwise on the base plate to have a limited rotating movement about an axis at a right angle to the base plate and formed with a lengthwise slot in its side wall movable into and out of alinement with the slot in the base plate, a closure for the slot in the housing rigid with the base plate and ex, tending into the housing lengthwise thereof in position to close the slot in the housing when the housing is rotated about its axis to shift the slot in the housing out of alinement with the base plate slot, the closure slidably engaging the inner face of the wall of the housing.

3. A tooth brush holder including a base plate for attachment to a support and formed with a slot therethrough opening through one edge thereof, a cylindrical housing mounted endwise on the base plate to have a limited rotating movement about an axis at a right angle to the base plate and formed with a lengthwise slot in its side wall movable into and out of alinement with the slot in the base plate, a closure for the slot in the housing rigid with the base plate and extending into the housing lengthwise thereof in position to close the slot in the housing when the housing is rotated about its axis to shift the slot in the housing out of alinement with the base plate slot, the closure slidably engaging the inner face of the wall of the housing, the base plate being formed with arcuate slots about the axis of the housing, and the housing slidable on the base plate during its rotative movement and having lugs at its edge slidable in the slots.

4, A tooth brush holder including a base plate for attachment to a support and formed with a slot therethrough opening through one edge thereof, a cylindrical housing mounted endwise on the base plate to have a limited rotating movement about an axis at a right angle to the base plate and formed with a lengthwise slot in its side wall movable into and out of alinement with the slot in the base plate, a closure for the slot in the housing rigid with the base plate and extending into the housing lengthwise thereof in position to close the slot in the housing when the housing is rotated about its axis to shift the slot in the housing out of alinement with the base plate slot, the closure slidably engaging the inner face of the wall of the housing, the base plate being formed with arcuate slots about the of the housing, and the housing slidable on the base plate during its rotative movement and having lugs at its edge slidable in the slots, the plate also having a guide flange located on the opposite side of the axis of the housing from the closure and opposed thereto. for engaging the inner face of the wall of the housing.

WALTER I-I. SCHMIDT. CHESTER J. POTOCKI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,676,934 Stergianopulos July 10, 1928 2,408,902 Beckstrom Oct. 8, 1946 2,422,051 Swanson June 10, 1947 

